Oscar Picks
The nominees are up. It’s a great group this year, I’m more excited than I’ve been in a while, probably because I’ve seen and enjoyed many of the films on the list. I’m probably way off base, but if the awards were up to me…
- Best Actor - My hardest pick; I’m torn between Bill Murray in Lost In Translation and (yes, I know) Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean. It will probably go to Mr. Murray, but Captain Jack Sparrow was my favorite character of the entire year!
- Best Supporting Actor - Actually, I’ve only seen The Last Samurai in this category (gonna see all the others soon), but as soon as I came out I picked Ken Watanabe for this nod. Haven’t seen it yet, but I’d imagine Benicio Del Toro (21 Grams) is going to give him a run for his money.
- Best Acress - Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider. I was just thrilled to see this film get picked up after having seen it three times when I was in New Zealand earlier this year.
- Best Supporting Actress - Haven’t seen any of these films, no idea.
- Best Director - I’m hoping for the dark horse, Lost In Translation
- Best Picture - Very varied category this year. Seabiscuit or Master and Commander would be completely formula, Return of the King would never get it, and while Lost In Translation would be a funny win, I’m betting this will be Mystic River
- Adapted Screenplay - Mystic River or Seabiscuit
- Original Screenplay - Lost in Translation or In America
Let’s see what happens!
Whale Rider…three times?…wow…it’s a good movie, i enjoyed it but three times?